Month: March 2013

(March 28, 2013) -- Job descriptions, like many business documents, are often overlooked, avoided, outdated or cobbled together at the last minute.  As painful as they are to write, they really can be helpful. So why do you need one? A clearly written position description can be used in a few ways.

(March 28, 2013) -- Peak Leisure Vehicles in Ashbourne has expanded its business by welcoming Laura Wood and Richard Bentley to its staff, reports the Ashbourne News Telegraph.

(March 28, 2013) -- A total of 17 companies in the camping and recreational vehicles market will participate in Automotive Week.  Recreational vehicle manufacturers, importers, and exporters, as well as outdoor goods specialist and RV maintenance companies will be available for duration of the whole event.

(March 28, 2013) -- Growth in the oil fields has spread even to Lubbock, reports LubbockOnline.com. Over the last three years, business at Pharr RVs has increased 10 percent a year, according to Mike Hymer, co-owner of the business.

(March 28, 2013) -- New electric motor technologies are being developed by many automakers and their supplier partners in an effort to gain advantages in performance and efficiency. According to a new report from Navigant Research, unit sales of electric drive motors will reach 3.7 million by 2020, growing from 1.5 million in 2013.

(March 28, 2013) -- An owner and operator for more than 35 years, he was instrumental in starting the industry’s first 20 Group focused exclusively on helping dealers improve their rental operations.  Krenek has also served as an instructor at the RV Dealers International Convention/Expo and the annual RV Rental School organized by MBA Insurance.

(March 28, 2013) -- Spartan Motors, Inc. today announced that its Supplier Performance And Review Committee (SPARC) recognized seven top-performing suppliers during the 11th Annual Supplier Conference, held March 27 in Charlotte, Mich. Spartan Motors honored key partners which were instrumental in its growth in 2012.

(March 28, 2013) -- January GDP in Canada rose a stronger than expected 0.2 percent, which helped offset the 0.2 percent decline recorded in December 2012. The third estimate of U.S. fourth-quarter GDP growth showed another upgrade for the pace of economic activity to a 0.4 percent annualized rate from the 0.1 percent gain reported in the second estimate.

(March 28, 2013) -- Lippert Components, Inc. (LCI) has hired Frank Perna as its vice president of operations of Manufactured Housing (MH) Windows. Over the next twelve months, Perna will be succeeding Jim Chamberlain, who has served Kinro, LCI’s sister company, for over 17 years.

(March 28, 2013) -- Thor Industries, Inc. announced Wednesday that it has completed the planned move of its corporate headquarters to downtown Elkhart, Ind. Thor announced the move in January as a strategic decision to be more accessible and active in the community.